Level Up Your Business by Ditching Diet Culture

Join us for a tangible, inspiring talk for high-performing women entrepreneurs. Alana pushes her audience to identify diet culture and its racist, ableist and misogynistic roots, and how it harms them and their businesses. She gives tools to incorporate healthy habits rooted in compassion and empowerment in your own lives, both in food and movement, to get valuable time back to live your fullest, unapologetic selves as leaders and changemakers.

At this keynote, attendees will learn how to:

• Identify how diet culture harms all people, women in particular, its patriarchal and racist roots, and how it’s designed to keep women playing small (literally and in their businesses)
• How to incorporate healthy habits rooted in compassion and empowerment in your own life, both in food and movement
• How to get valuable time back that was stolen by diet culture, and divert it towards your personal and business goals
• Tangible ways to live your fullest, unapologetic self as a leader and changemaker by ditching diets & unrealistic expectations

Wanderlust & Wellness: Eating & Moving Intuitively During Your Visit to Woodloch

Leave food guilt at the door with this exclusive workshop that will teach you how to fully enjoy the culinary pleasures vacation has to offer...without worrying about going on a diet afterward. Alongside Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Alana Van Der Sluys, you're invited to learn how to implement the principles of intuitive eating and movement while on vacation. You will discover how to find a balance between decadent and nourishing cuisine, move your body in a way that doesn't feel obligatory while enjoying your getaway, and use mindfulness practices to keep negative body image thoughts from ruining your idyllic stay. This workshop enhances your experience by helping you savor each moment, from exercise classes to gourmet meals, so your stay can truly be a time for self-care, self-discovery, and nourishing your body and soul. Your path to mindful dining and holistic wellness starts here, amidst the tranquility of travel paradise.

Vacation Glow-Up: Empowering Body Image Workshop

Indulge in the ultimate self-love and confidence boost at "Vacation Glow-Up: Empowering Body Image Workshop." This transformative workshop, alongside Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Alana Van Der Sluys, is designed to help you shine with radiant self-assurance during your vacation and beyond, no matter your size or weight!

A vacation is not just about relaxation: it's an opportunity to embrace and empower your true self, which can be difficult if you're feeling worried or guilty about how such decadent vacation food will affect your waistline! In this workshop, we will unpack the intricacies of body image and its influence on self-perception, how to build self-confidence independent of body size, and how to engage in health-promoting behaviors from a place of body respect and appreciation to further up-level your body confidence.

Why the Wellness Industry is Elitist

Why have we simply accepted that the only image of wellness looks like a thin white woman in her 20s with a perfect ponytail and expensive yoga pants? In this provocative talk, Alana Van Der Sluys not only asks you to question why we have passively accepted this singular, elitist version of health as the gold standard for all; while also detailing practical ways we can dismantle this limiting view of health and wellness and replace it with one that’s multifaceted and inclusive on a global scale.

Perfectionism and Eating Disorders: How to Combat Obsessive Behaviors around Our Health

At this keynote, attendees will learn:

• How perfectionism and those with its tendencies are more susceptible to developing EDs and obsessive behaviors around food and their bodies
• How to combat perfectionist tendencies and obsessive thoughts by reframing our mindsets around health, food, and bodies
• How to incorporate healthy habits rooted in compassion, self-love, and empowerment rather than negative body image, unrealistic expectations around health, and fatphobia